mike emanuel is live for us on capitol hill. mike, what was the tone from republicans at today's house hearing? >> trace, there's a good amount of frustration and anger because the feeling was department of energy did not listen to their counterparts at the department of treasury who raised concerns about solyndra, about the modification of the loan. here's texas congressman joe barton. >> it is clear to me that the department of energy violated the law when they agreed to subordinate the taxpayers' money to private investors, some of whom appeared to have been heavy contributors to president obama's campaign. >> some democrats disagreed, some suggested it was a bad idea to have a hearing with just treasury department officials on the panel, but not department of energy officials there to speak for themselves. the republicans are essentially saying there will be plenty more hearings ahead. trace? >> trace: i'm sure there will. some treasury officials, mike, were also asked to testify. what do they say about the legal aspects of